Markus 9:25-26

9:25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked ¹  the unclean spirit, ²  saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” 9:26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy ³  looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He is dead!”

Markus 16:17

16:17 These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; ⁴ 

[9:25]  ¹ tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

[9:25]  ² sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.

[9:26]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the boy) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[16:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “tongues,” though the word is used figuratively (perhaps as a metonymy of cause for effect). To “speak in tongues” meant to “speak in a foreign language,” though one that was new to the one speaking it and therefore due to supernatural causes. For a discussion concerning whether such was a human language, heavenly language, or merely ecstatic utterance, see BDAG 201-2 s.v. γλῶσσα 2, 3; BDAG 399 s.v. ἕτερος 2; L&N 33.2-4; ExSyn 698; C. M. Robeck Jr., “Tongues,” DPL, 939-43.